Ball State University enrollment spikes due to autism degree

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27 Mar 2017, 12:37 am

http://www.islandpacket.com/news/health-care/article140869308.html

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Enrollment in Ball State University's Teachers College has hit a record high due to demand for analysis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder.

The Teachers College expected 150 students at most when it began offering an online-only master's degree in applied behavioral analysis with an emphasis in autism six years ago, The Star Press reported (http://tspne.ws/2mzWfWj ).

The program's enrollment climbed to nearly 1,560 by the fall of 2016, and it's at nearly 1,610 this spring. The college is planning to add an undergraduate degree in ABA-autism.


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